The National Review, Volume 6R. Theobald, 1858 |
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... delineate them . It is not easy for the most impar- tially disposed critic to arrive at satisfactory conclusions concern- ing men and manners in a society which he is taught by expe- rience to regard as a vast masquerade , where the ...
... delineate them . It is not easy for the most impar- tially disposed critic to arrive at satisfactory conclusions concern- ing men and manners in a society which he is taught by expe- rience to regard as a vast masquerade , where the ...
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... delineation of human action and suffering , with the strong utterances of individual passion or the lighter play of fancy . There is scarcely a trace in their writings of thought , technically so called . The universe and its mysterious ...
... delineation of human action and suffering , with the strong utterances of individual passion or the lighter play of fancy . There is scarcely a trace in their writings of thought , technically so called . The universe and its mysterious ...
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... delineations of Pope and his school . As Crabbe pictured the life of the poor , showing us little more than its hard ... delineated , are living per- sonalities . In this respect he differs from , and has the advantage over , Tennyson ...
... delineations of Pope and his school . As Crabbe pictured the life of the poor , showing us little more than its hard ... delineated , are living per- sonalities . In this respect he differs from , and has the advantage over , Tennyson ...
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... delineate , and whose purity and worth he nobly vindicates . But the effect of the exclusion of all reference to the incidents and interests of other kinds which must always co - exist even with the most ab- sorbing passion , gives a ...
... delineate , and whose purity and worth he nobly vindicates . But the effect of the exclusion of all reference to the incidents and interests of other kinds which must always co - exist even with the most ab- sorbing passion , gives a ...
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... delineating skeleton passions , and not men . Shakespeare did the most that can be done in his Coriolanus and Cæsar : he grasped ancient characters as firmly as he could ; and then he delineated them , not only in English language , but ...
... delineating skeleton passions , and not men . Shakespeare did the most that can be done in his Coriolanus and Cæsar : he grasped ancient characters as firmly as he could ; and then he delineated them , not only in English language , but ...
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Page 192 - I have of late— but wherefore I know not— lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
Page 124 - I loved the man, and do honour his memory on this side idolatry as much as any. He was indeed honest, and of an open and free nature ; had an excellent fancy, brave notions, and gentle expressions, wherein he flowed with that facility that sometime it was necessary he should be stopped.
Page 124 - Sufflaminandus erat,' as Augustus said of Haterius. His wit was in his own power, would the rule of it had been so too. Many times he fell into those things, could not escape laughter : as when he said in the person of Caesar, one speaking to him,
Page 141 - Hesperus entreats thy light, Goddess excellently bright. Earth, let not thy envious shade Dare itself to interpose; Cynthia's shining orb was made Heaven to clear when day did close: Bless us then with wished sight, Goddess excellently bright. Lay thy bow of pearl apart And thy crystal-shining quiver; Give unto the flying hart Space, to breathe, how short soever: Thou that mak'st a day of night, Goddess excellently bright.
Page 124 - Shakespeare, must enjoy a part. For though the poet's matter nature be, His art doth give the fashion ; and, that he Who casts to write a living line, must sweat, (Such as thine are) and strike the second heat Upon the Muses...
Page 464 - Mother of this unfathomable world ! Favour my solemn song, for I have loved Thee ever, and thee only ; I have watched Thy shadow, and the darkness of thy steps, And my heart ever gazes on the depth Of thy deep mysteries. I have made my bed In charnels and on coffins, where black death Keeps record of the trophies won from thee, Hoping to still these obstinate questionings Of thee and thine, by forcing some lone ghost Thy messenger, to render up the tale Of what we are.
Page 255 - Normanby (Marquis of). — A Year of Revolution. From a Journal kept in Paris in the Year 1848- By the MiEQKIS OF NOEMAITEY, KG 2 Vols.
Page 192 - But for those obstinate questionings Of sense and outward things, Fallings from us, vanishings ; Blank misgivings of a Creature Moving about in worlds not realised...
Page 123 - Triumph, my Britain! Thou hast one to show To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe. He was not of an age, but for all time; And all the muses still were in their prime When, like Apollo, he came forth to warm Our ears, or like a Mercury to charm. Nature herself was proud of his designs And joyed to wear the dressing of his lines, Which were so richly spun and woven so fit As, since, she will vouchsafe no other wit.